Sufi dynasty
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The Sufid dynasty was a Turkic dynasty of Qungrad Mongolic origin that ruled in Khwarazm within the realm of the Golden Horde in the Amu Darya river delta. Although the dynasty's independence was shor
Contemporary portrait of princess Khanzade (c. 1360 – 1411), daughter of Aq Sufi, founder of the Sufi dynasty, granddaughter of Jani Beg, and a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. Timurid genealogy 1405-1409 (Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi, H2152)
Coin of Sufid ruler Husayn, struck at the Khwarezm mint, dated 1367/8
Coin of Sufid ruler Yusuf, struck at the Khwarezm mint, dated 1373/4
Timur's army, commanded by his son Umar Shaykh, in the Siege of Urgench (1379). Garrett Zafarnama (1480)
Khwarazm
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Khwarazm, or Chorasmia, is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by the Kar
Sufi dynasty
…The Sufid dynasty was a Turkic dynasty of Qungrad Mongolic origin that ruled in Khwarazm within the realm of the Golden Horde in the Amu Darya river delta. Although the dynasty's independence was short-lived (c. 1361 – 1379), its later…
Chorasmian fresco from Kazakly-Yatkan (fortress of Akcha-Khan Kala), 1st century BCE-2nd century AD.
Chilpyk Zoroastrian Tower of Silence (Dakhma), 1st century BCE – 1st century AD
Xerxes I tomb, Choresmian soldier circa 470 BCE.
Koi Krylgan Kala fortress (4th–3rd century BCE)